Tip: Free Microsoft eBooks

Microsoft is once again offering free eBooks for download. Some of the eBooks are not completely up-to-date or only contain a few pages, but some are still suitable as a reference work. A total of 380 eBooks can be found at the following link: https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/mssmallbiz/2017/07/11/largest-free-microsoft-ebook-giveaway-im-giving-away-millions-of-free-microsoft-ebooks-again-including-windows-10-office-365-office-2016-power-bi-azure-windows-8-1-office-2013-sharepo/ Perhaps you will find something...

Consider .NET Framework for Exchange updates

A little tip on the side as the question has already been asked several times: Do I also have to consider .NET Framework when installing Exchange Updates (CUs)? Simple answer: Yes! Here is the somewhat more detailed answer: Unsupported NET Framework versions in conjunction with Exchange Server can be quite problematic, as has already been shown in the past: https://www.frankysweb.de/net-framework-4-6-1-nicht-auf-exchange-servern-installieren/ The NET ... Read more

Sophos UTM: New update (9.502-4)

Sophos has today released an update with the version number 9.502-4 for the Sophos UTM. The update is intended to fix a total of 39 problems. Unfortunately, Sophos has not been so lucky with updates for the UTM in the past, so the last update fixed some problems, but also caused new ones. Unfortunately, this makes extensive testing ... Read more

Let's Encrypt: Free wildcard certificates from January 2018

Let's Encrypt announced today that free wildcard certificates will also be issued from January 2018. Wildcard certificates (e.g. *.frankysweb.de) can be used to secure an entire domain via SSL with one certificate. With other certification authorities, wildcard certificates cost quite a bit of money, the cheapest wildcard certificate I know so far is just under 280 EUR for ... Read more

Quick & Dirty: Copy Active Directory groups from user to user

I have created a small GUI that copies Active Directory groups from one user to another user. With the script you can quickly transfer all groups of a user to another user account: The GUI is only very rudimentary, you can select a source user account and a target user account, a click on "Copy groups from source to target ... Read more

Exchange Toolbox for Exchange Server 2016

I received a lot of feedback on the first beta version of the Exchange Toolbox and was able to fix several problems as a result. Now there is a new version that mainly fixes problems, but also integrates message tracking. The goal of the Exchange Tool Box is to provide a small and handy GUI for quick troubleshooting. However, there are currently ... Read more

Exchange Server: New updates (June 2017)

New updates have been released for all Exchange Server versions. Click here to download directly: Exchange Server 2016 CU6 Exchange Server 2013 CU17 Click here for details of the changes: Exchange Server 2016 CU6 Exchange Server 2013 CU17 Article about the updates on the Exchange Team Blog: Released: June 2017 Quarterly Exchange Updates ... Read more

Exchange 2016: Delegate the management of telephone numbers (RBAC)

If you want to delegate the management of telephone numbers to certain persons or groups, you can use the Exchange feature "Role Based Access Control (RBAC)". RBAC can be used to grant users or groups access to the Exchange Admin Center, where these users can only perform previously defined actions. Using the following example, a user can ... Read more